Zoom to polygon by attribtue

Zoom to polygon by attribtue

Hi all, 

I'm new to jquery and javascript but I'm diving right in.  I'm trying to generate a map that includes a tool to zoom to a feature based on a field in the attribute table.

In this case I have polygons and I want to create a box where I can enter in a polygon id, and then the map will zoom to and recenter on that polygon.

Anyone know of documentation where I can start?

Cheers